metallic paint technique ?

The problem with single stage metalic is you can't color sand it so what you see is what you get. If you shoot base/clear you can sand your orange peel and trash out of the clear so that's a real bonus. If you are shooting base and tiger striping you may be putting it on too heavy, I don't want to say you dust base on because that's not right either but you don't pound it on like you would either single stage or clear. My gun speed is much faster with base than it is with clear.